Buzz Aldrin
(1) Buzz Aldrin, a United States
astronaut, was the second person on
the moon. (2) He and Neil A.
Armstrong landed there on July 20,
1969. (3) They traveled to the moon
in the Apollo 11 luner module.
(4) Aldrin stepped onto the moon 19
minutes after Armstrong.
(5) Aldrin was born in Montclair, New
Jersey, on Jan. 20, 1930. (6) His original name was Edwin Eugene Aldrin,
Jr. (7) His family nicknamed him Buzz. (8) The nickname was short for
Buzzer, his young sister's pronunciation of the word brother. (9) He legally
changed his name to Buzz Aldrin as an adult.
(10) Aldrin graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1951. (11) He
became an Air Force officer. (12) After completing pilot training in 1952 he
flew 66 combat missions in the Korean War. (13) In 1963, he received a
doctor's degree in astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. (14) He became an astronaut later that year.
(15) Aldrin piloted the Gemini 12 space flight in 1966. (16) During this
flight, he left the spacecraft and “walked” in space, he drew on his
experience as a scuba diver for the spacewalk. (17) He was partially or
completely outside the spacecraft for 5 1/2 hours. (18) This experience
helped prove that people can work outside an orbiting vehicle.
(19) In 1971, Aldrin resigned from the astronaut program and returned to
active duty with the Air Force. (20) In 1998, he founded the ShareSpace
Foundation. (21) The foundation is a nonprofit organization that promotes
interest in space travel. (22) Aldrin wrote two volumes of autobiography.
(23) They were Return to Earth (1973) and Magnificent Desolation (2009).
MLA Citation
Morring, Jr., Frank. "Aldrin, Buzz." World Book Student. World Book, 2015.
Web. 5 Feb. 2015.
1. What
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B.
C.
D.
change, if any, should be made to sentence 3?
Change traveled to travelled
Change Apollo 11 to apollo 11
Change luner to lunar
No change needs to be made in this sentence.
2. Sentences 7 and 8 are choppy and ineffective. What is the best way
to combine sentences 7 and 8?
A. His family nicknamed him Buzz but his younger sister’s
pronunciation of the word was Buzzer.
B. His family nicknamed him Buzz, short for Buzzer, which was his
younger sister’s pronunciation of the word brother.
C. His family nicknamed him, Buzz his young sister’s pronunciation
of the word Buzzer.
D. His nickname Buzz, short for Buzzer, his younger sister’s
pronunciation of the word brother.
3. Sentences 10 and 11 are choppy and ineffective. What is the best way
to combine sentences 10 and 11?
A. Aldrin graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1951;
nevertheless, he became an Air Force officer.
B. Aldrin graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1951, he
became an Air Force officer.
C. After becoming an Air Force officer, Aldrin graduated from the
U.S. Military Academy in 1951.
D. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy in 1951, Aldrin
became an Air Force officer.
4. What
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B.
C.
D.
change, if any, should be made in sentence 12?
Insert a comma after 1952
Change flew to flies
Insert a comma after mission
No change needs to be made in this sentence.
5. What would be the best way to revise sentence 16?
A. As he drew on his experience as a scuba diver, he left the
spacecraft and “walked” in space.
B. He left the spacecraft and “walked” in space, where he drew on
his experience as a scuba diver, during the flight.
C. During this flight, he left the spacecraft and “walked” in
space, yet he drew on his experience as a scuba diver for the
spacewalk.
D. During this flight, he left the spacecraft, “walked” in space, drew
on his experience as a scuba diver for the spacewalk.
6. What
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B.
C.
D.
change, if any, should be made to sentence 19?
Change astronaut to Astronaut
Change resigned to resined
Change Air Force to air force
No change needs to be made in this sentence.
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